The Trump administration's prosecution of a Wisconsin state judge who refused to help immigration agents arrest an undocumented immigrant is an "extraordinary and direct assault on the independence of the entire judicial system," according to a bipartisan group of 138 former state and federal judges.
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Marine Interdiction Agents from Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, responded swiftly Sunday to a downed aircraft off the coast of Vero Beach, successfully locating and…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a class action accusing GEO Group Inc. of threatening detainees with solitary confinement for refusing cleaning duties under a mandatory sanitation policy at the Aurora Immigration Processing Center.
A split Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to lift a California federal judge's preliminary block of President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, handing a win to a coalition of unions, nonprofits and cities that argue the order exceeded the president's authority.
Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent, involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state attorney general can initiate legal proceedings, known as a quo warranto action, to shut down a nonprofit, saying that a lower court's injunctions barring the proceedings were "premature at best."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged a D.C. federal judge to end Williams & Connolly LLP's fight for records related to a businessman who cooperated with prosecutors in their pending case alleging the firm's client Halkbank laundered Iranian oil proceeds, arguing Thursday officials searched for responsive records, but nothing turned up.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has put hundreds of cities and counties in 35 states and the District of Columbia on notice for being what the department deems as unlawful safe havens for undocumented immigrants, advancing the Trump administration's April vow to target sanctuary cities.
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
CAMPO, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Diego Sector prevented a human smuggling attempt during a vehicle stop that resulted in the seizure of three fully loaded firearms.
The incident occurred Wednesday at 8:45 p.m., when…